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Russian Premier League clubs’ transfer spending in this year’s winter window hit a 14-year low. The Premier League's 16 clubs spent only €6M on transfers between them, the lowest figure for a winter transfer campaign since '01 and a drastic decline from €39M spent in the winter...

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The Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro "is finally finished," according to Ryan Lavner of GOLF CHANNEL.
Course designer Gil Hanse said Monday that construction on the 2016 Olympics course "is done and that 'we’re now in full grow-in mode.'" Hanse: "By all accounts it’s going well. We& ...

Abu Dhabi strategic investor Mubadala Development has "taken control of
the firm that manages Rio's iconic Maracana stadium, the venue for last
year's World Cup final," according to THE NATIONAL. Mubadala has acquired a stake in IMX from former Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's EBX Group, "making ...

The Rio de Janeiro Olympics may feature two more football venues "because of concern over the ability of fields to cope with multiple games," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Olympic football competition is "slated to take place in Rio, Sao Paulo, Salvador and Brasilia." Brazilian Olympic Comm ...

The operator of Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã
stadium, which staged the 2014 FIFA World Cup final and will
host the Olympics opening ceremony next year, said that "it should pay
less rent after being prevented from building commercial
properties on the site," according to Tariq Panja of BL ...

Umbro has been confirmed as the new kit sponsor for Brasileiro side Grêmio, according to Luca Persico of SAMBAFOOT. The sportswear and football equipment supplier, which is based in Manchester, "will provide both the playing and training kits" until '18. Umbro already sponsors Brasileiro outfi ...

Brasileiro side Atlético Mineiro has signed a "front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with construction company MRV Engenharia," according to SOCCEREX. MRV replaces Banco BMG on the front of the club's shirts, "and media reports suggest" the deal is worth $8.5M for the '15 season. The company is the ...

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said that the first venues for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics "will be completed by August or September next year," according to the AFP. Paes: “In our heads, the Olympics start next year. We will start to deliver the venues in August-September." Paes spoke to jo ...

Scientists at a Rio de Janeiro research institute "have found what they call a new 'super-bacteria' that is resistant to antibiotics in the waters where sailors will compete in the Olympic sailing events in 2016," according to Andrew Downie of REUTERS.
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation officials said that the ...

Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers said that t he mascots for the Games will be named "Tom" and "Vinicius" after the singer-songwriters who wrote "The Girl from Ipanema," according to Andrew Downie of REUTERS. The names won 44% of votes in an online poll "and were revealed on Brazilian ...

A report by Brazil's anti-corruption body found that companies controlled by "relatives of the former president of Brazil’s volleyball federation as well as current and former administrators" misappropriated $11.3M in sponsorship income, according to Panja & Batista of BLOOMBERG. State-con ...